“Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone, a cornerstone chosen and precious, ... and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame.”.

Warning to the Rich. 5 Come now,you rich, weep and howl for themiseries that are coming upon you. 2Your riches have rotted andyour garments are moth-eaten.

3:14, 17; [ch. 4:16]mindful of God, one endures sorrows while suffering unjustly. 20For what credit is it if, when you sin and are beaten for it, you endure?

Here is man's sin; he goes astray; it is his own act. His misery; he goes astray from the pasture, from the Shepherd, and from the flock, and so exposes himself ...

Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation—

2 Like babies that were just born, you should long for the pure milk of God's word. It will help you grow up as believers.

Jesus Christ is chosen by God and precious, although rejected by the world. Our eternal destiny is based on whether we put our trust in Him.

1 So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. 2 Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may ...

1So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. 2Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritualmilk, that by it you may ...

Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation.